2010 Starts with More Basketball

I have been shooting a lot of girls and boys basketball and the first two weeks of the new year wasn't any different. January 5th, the girls of Gates-Chili dominated Spencerport with a 63-37 win. Click here for the photos...

The 12th of January, I traveled to Wheatland-Chili where they took on the boys of Oakfield-Alabama. It was an exciting game but the Wildcats pulled out the victory at the end 47-44. Click here for the photos...

The next day, January 13th, I was back at Gates-Chili's gym were the boys took on Churchville-Chili. The Saints were without their best player and the Spartans took advantage with an easy win 60-27. Click here for the photos...

On Friday, January 15th, the lady Spartans took on the Greece Olympia Spartans. I took photos of both the JV and Varsity teams this night. The young varsity guards for Gates were great as they took control quickly and beat the Greece team 79-57. Click here for the photos...

Gates Hockey v. Thunder

This was definitely one of the best high school hockey games I have seen in a long time. The game started late because the Greece Thunder was raising their state title banner that night. They had a slideshow presentation along with the banner unveiling. When the game started Gates-Chili scored twice early in the first period. The second period started with another goal for the Spartans but the Thunder came back with two of their own. In the third, Greece tied the game up and it went into OT. Just when it looked like no one would score in the overtime period, GC scored with 2 seconds left (the clock actually read :00) but the scoresheet said 4:58. Great finish as the Spartan players and coaches celebrated on the ice. Click here for the rest of the pics...

Holiday Girls Basketball

Gates-Chili's new gym hosted a Holiday girls basketball tournament that included three other teams. The first game was between Sweet Home(Section 6) and Edison Tech. The Panthers had some tall girls on the inside that really gave Edison trouble. The Inventors did keep it close early but it wasn't enough as Sweet Home pulled away to win 62-23. Click here for the rest of the pics...

The battle of Chili was the second game of the tournament. Gates played well early even with some foul trouble to take a lead. Churchville's guard play kept them in the game but the Spartans paint work was too much as they won 71-53. Click here for the rest of the photos...

Wrestling: Gates v. Irondequoit

Gates-Chili took on the Irondequoit Eagles just before Christmas on the 23rd of December at Gates. I tried a different lighting technique by setting one flash on the second floor and a strobe next to me pointed straight up to bounce off the ceiling. Some results came out really nice but it wasn't enough light to completely stop the action, a few photos had some motion blur. I will try some more direct light next time and they should come out a little better. Here are a couple of my favorites as the Spartans beat Irondequoit that night. Click here for the rest of the photos...